Rev. Canon Erin Phillips serves as the Ecumencial Campus Ministry Chaplain for students, staff and faculty of the University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Polytechnic. ECM is supported by local Anglican, Evangelical Lutheran, Presbyterian and United churches.
Phillips and ECM volunteers have been hard at work over the past 30 years providing various programs to support students, including theology reading groups with a dinner and discussion, pairing students far from home with local families, hosting suppers, distributing campus care parcels to ensure students had food during exam time, organizing the annual Cade Lecture series, and providing refugee support.
In sprint 2023, in response to student needs related to food insecurity, anxiety, and isolation, Smiles and Snacks born. Volunteers hand out snacks and smiles once a week at the polytechnic and university. Some volunteers bring their knitting or crocheting, and other craft materials are also available. The popular program never lacks volunteers.
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